Project

FAST industrialisation by CAtalysts Research and Development

Acronym

FASTCARD

Code

41X06713

Duration

01 January 2014 → 31 December 2017

Funding

European funding: framework programme

Promotor

Guy Marin

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Catalysis and reacting systems engineering
- Chemical product design and formulation
- General chemical and biochemical engineering
- Process engineering
- Separation and membrane technologies
- Transport phenomena
- Other (bio)chemical engineering

Keywords

FASTCARD catalysts

Project description

FASTCARD
FAST industrialisation by CAtalysts Research and Development
EC FP7-NMP-2013-LARGE-7
GA 604277
Prof. Guy Marin

To meet short term European 20-20-20 objectives and long term targets of European Energy Roadmap 2050. an energy paradigm shift is needed for wih biomass conversion into advanced biofeuls is essential. This new deal has challenges in catalyst development which so far hinders implementation at industrial level: Firstly, biomass is much more complex and reactive than conventional feedstock; secondly development of such catalysts is tranditionally done by lengthy empirical approaches.